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A bill is headed to the Tennessee legislature that would do away with an important option for first-time nonviolent offenders. Pretrial diversion offers such people a second chance by giving them an opportunity to fulfill a probationary period before trial and without admitting guilt. [read more]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 pm and is filed under TN criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Currently, if convicted of a DUI you can be required to have an Ignition Interlock Device (IID) installed in your vehicle after more than one offense. If Mothers Against Drunk Driving get their way, however, people who refuse to take a breathalyzer will also be required to use the device. [read more]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 at 4:17 pm and is filed under dui. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

A law that just passed the Tennessee legislature a few weeks ago is being criticized by the Memphis Mayor, among others, who is calling for repeal. The law simply calls for weapons seized by law enforcement to be sold rather than destroyed.

The law is being questioned after learning that in two recent and highly publicized fatal gun attacks in Las Vegas and Washington DC, the guns used were traced back to resale by the Memphis PD. [read more]

This entry was posted on Friday, March 19th, 2010 at 3:45 pm and is filed under gun laws. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

The police department in Memphis, TN is widely deploying new automatic license plate scanning technology in it’s police patrol cars that can identify a wide variety of individuals possibly suspected of criminal actions. [read more]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at 4:37 pm and is filed under TN criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.